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Article discusses a MIT/Columbia project currently underway that uses AR systems to assist Marines during difficult repairs to weapons systems and vehicles. The test found that mechanics could perform the repairs in half the time when using AR assistance versus the more traditional text-based repair manual. I would be very interested in seeing how more AR in classroom seetings in physics and math might accelerate learning.

Animal-assisted activities (AAA) provide opportunities for motivational, educational and/or recreational benefits to enhance a person's quality of life.

Social networking site for overweight people that breaks users into support teams that assist each other with mental and physical workouts.

Kiri Miller, an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at Brown University, discussed the controversy wrapped up in "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band."

Within five years, Yale-designed robots may be helping teach children. A Yale-led team of researchers from across the country received a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation on April 3 to pursue the creation of "socially assistive robots" to help young children learn basic skills and in some cases overcome cognitive disabilities.